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Overcrowding in schools has been a hot-button issue in education for years. The complaint is usually that some students get left behind academically among the crowds.
At Casa Loma Elementary School, however, the problem lies in bathroom lines, according to KGET Channel 17.
The school's site...
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Men's Health magazine, in another monthly survey, is taking Bakersfield to task for its lack of charitable giving during the holidays.
The magazine gave Bakersfield a D grade and a rank of 78 out of 100 cities nationwide. Our friends in Fresno fared horribly, earning an F and a 97 ranking. Los...
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When I came home from work tonight, I saw this little guy sitting on the border between my lawn and shrubbery. It's the California subspecies of the Western Toad. It started walking for the shrubbery when I got close, but I managed to grab a couple of photos before it made its retreat.
This is...
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Why there is no hell...
First we need to define what "hell" is. Different people and religions
define hell in many different ways. To some it is fire and devils and
pitchforks. Some say it's simply our soul not being in God's presence.
That may not...
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It's been over a year since America elected Barack Obama to be the President. But the right-wingers, in this case Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin, can't seem to get over that fact.
In this blatently scripted interview, Hannity asks Palin a series of questions that allow her to rant about...
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Rookie center MacGregor Sharp got the call about an hour after Bakersfield's 4-3 shootout victory over Ontario early Wednesday afternoon.
Anaheim vice-president of hockey operations David McNab told him he was being called up to Anaheim where he most likely will play in his first National...
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Fellow Catholics, a second collection will be taken up this weekend for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, which has donated to left-wing organizations that openly oppose the Church's teachings, including infamously to that odious organization known as ACORN to the tune of $7...
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BEIJING – President Barack Obama says he won't set a new deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison, but does expect the facility to shut down sometime next year.
The administration no longer feels it can meet the January 2010 deadline Obama set for closure soon after taking...
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It's a great time of year because the postseason for most fall sports is winding down (a couple of exceptions to that which I'll note below) and football playoffs are just gearing up, so I'm able to turn focus almost completely to them.
The two exceptions are tomorrow, when volleyball has its...
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 18, 2009
Missing Person at Risk
The Bakersfield Police Department is requesting the community’s assistance in
locating a missing person at risk. The missing person is identified as:...
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE...
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CAL-MMET narcotic unit seize 1pound of methamphetamine and arrest two suspects.
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Time: 5:09:49 PM
Department Contact: Laura...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd became history's longest-serving member of Congress on Wednesday, earning a formal salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service.
"I've loved every precious minute of it," the frail West Virginia Democrat,...
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While the media and the few kool-aid drinkers on bakoblog.. pound on Sarah Palin .....just to keep the focus off the real issue of Obama's failures ........It seems that some on this site are WAY TO obsessed with this whole issue.....of Sarah Sarah Sarah
When Sarah wins we replace one...
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There's a sea of blue here tonight...not sure why. Lots of presentations to various employees, including police.
But maybe they're here to talk about the lack of a contract? We'll see.
Stay tuned. Generally a light agenda but you never know.
- Gretchen Wenner, staff writer
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I believe this video embodies the spirit of the typical Sarah Palin supporter: uninformed, willfully ignorant, closed-minded, and unable to face reality.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Silly Republicans. Facts are for grownups.
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If Jesus of Nazareth was anything, he was an extraordinary friend of the down-trodden, definitely a liberal, whose advocacy on their behalf so infuriated the ultra-Conservative religious and political leaders of his day that they had him killed to prevent the public from hearing the very...
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Posted by: Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sarah Palin’s new memoir, “Going Rogue,” already has been strongly criticized by John McCain’s aides for her account as a vice presidential candidate on the ticket with him in their unsuccessful 2008 race for the White House....
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Last month reports of a door-to-door burglary operation surfaced and then faded away. (See email string below and check out this report from KGET Oct. 30)
All those previous reports happened in the city and according to BPD, they haven't had anything new in recent days.
Based on what happened...
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updated 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Most power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators adopted a first-in-the nation mandate to lower electricity demand. Given how large the California market is, the regulation could end up as a...
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Last night Rachel Maddow discussed the spreading fundamentalist Christian meme currently being sold on mousepads, bumper stickers, and even teddy bears.
The meme?
A recitation of Psalm 109 which is meant to make reference to President Barack Obama:
"Let his days be few;...
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I'm glad that SOMEONE has this video:
http://www.tonightshowwithc...
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Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the` Massachusetts State Senate.
"I'm Tired" by Robert A. Hall"
I’ll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but...
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http://www.snopes.com/polit...
It is TRUE!!!! I checked!!!!!
Ok everyone, let's all do this!
This is a great idea and so easy! Please do this for our service men and women!
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Does this guy even see the irony of this statement. As he keeps adding to the problem,or is it just me that thinks this is not a very well thought out statement.
He is actually warning us while he advances the debt.
"It is important though to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt,...
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEA...
Washington (CNN) -- A federal advisory board's recommendation that women in their 40s should avoid routine mammograms is not government policy and has caused "a great deal of confusion," Health and...
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There's a special jazz show at Le Corusse Rouge tonight. Jazz fans won't want to miss it!
Here's the scoop:
http://www.examiner.com/exa...
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Change Your Thinking
It will take just 37 seconds to read this and...
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Liberalism, that's why. The libs have a stranglehold on the California legislature and they have used their power to push our state off the cliff. They spend like dumb teenagers, then claim "crisis" and demand more and more tax increases. Here is the awful story:...
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It's a slow day in a little East Texas town. The sun is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through.
He stops at the motel and lays a...
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Q: When will the work on Mount Vernon Avenue be done? It is a pain to get to my house and to work, takes an extra 10 minutes, especially when the light on Columbus is flashing.
- Ricardo Reyes
A: City Construction Superintendent Rick Millwee said: the paving work is scheduled to be done by...
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A Standard Middle School parent is upset that a teacher showed an "R" rated movie in her sixth-grader's class, according to BakersfieldNow.
The teacher apparently showed "Kung Fu Hustle," which contains cursing, violence and some nudity.
The school's principal said the...
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Remember back in 2003 when the Republicans were whining because we had a whopping $3 billion deficit for this state? They whined so much that they convinced this a majority of this state to recall our then-Governor and elect a Republican movie star who would solve all of our problems....
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 18, 2009
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking the public’s assistance in locating
the following suspect wanted for possession of a stolen vehicle and felony
warrants charging him...
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Senior Health Care Solution
So you're a senior citizen and the government says no health care for you, what do you do?
Our plan gives anyone 65 years or older a gun and 4 bullets. You are allowed to shoot 2 senators and 2 representatives. Of Course, this means you will be...
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This is my "vent" for the day.
If this doesn't 't p---you off ....you can't be made mad......this is the most grossly disrespectful action by a president of the United States I have ever seen.
At the extreme least, this is an affront to all...
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Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below.
ELI SMITH M BAKERSFIELD CA 93308 W 17/11/2009 ...
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Our friends at KGET have a short story on so-called secret menus at local restaurants.
Some of those menus -- such as In-N-Out and Jamba Juice -- aren't so secret given that their items are all over the web. In-N-Out's secret menu isn't secret at all, given it has its own webpage. Jamba...
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Victim of a gunshot wound at 800 block of South Haley Street in Bakersfield
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts...
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Bakersfield Police Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 18, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
On Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 1400-2000 hrs the Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Enforcement Detail conducted Click It or Ticket saturation patrol in...
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Death of a Beagle:
Mr. Cavendish was very anxious to pick up his pet beagle, Merl, from obedience school. It wasn’t that Merl was really disobedient, but he had acquired a few bad habits and Mr. Cavendish, being such a gentle person, just couldn’t bring himself to properly discipline...
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Fines for too-tall grass could rise to $1,000 a day in Jupiter
By Bill DiPaolo
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Posted: 4:28 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009
JUPITER — An overgrown lawn could cost a homeowner $1,000 a day.
A plan to quadruple the penalty from the...
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11/18/2009
Show is live from 9 am pst to 1 pm pst
Paul Craig Roberts
Alex talks with economist, syndicated columnist, former editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Scripps Howard News Service, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in...
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Folks, recently I received an email from Curt Dalton who, as you know, has been a blogger from the beginning, and a respected one. His news was tragic and while I wanted to share it with all of you, I wanted Curts permission first and just received it.
This is the permission...
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The ADL has launched a new purge against its political enemies in the form of a major report that equates skepticism and distrust of government with “a toxic atmosphere of rage,” which is threatening to boil over in the form of violence, specifically...
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In light of a recent letter to the Editor about the "end is near" I submit the following...
I was in a car-pool in Washington D.C. with a gentleman who was always
talking about the "the end" being soon. One day he announced that he
would not be in...
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Live from New York, a terror trial we'll regret
by Jeff Jacoby
The Boston Globe
November 18, 2009
http://www.jeffjacoby.com/6...
AS A CANDIDATE for president in 2004, Senator John Kerry described international terrorism as "primarily...
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One of the great things of having Saturday off ...was to hang out in your garage arrange the same pile of crap from one side to the other thinking that you accomplished something and listen to the radio ....and suddenly the mail comes !! To me, Saturday mail was the best, first, you actually...
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WOW I wish I woulda thought of this when I was their age..heres the video
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November 17, 8:35 PM
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released recommendations yesterday that completely change the way women will be treated for breast cancer prevention. Their recommendations are as follows: The USPSTF panel…
“..recommends against...
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